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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 03:53 PM
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just purchased a 3 door sierra just wondering does a sapphire cosworth 2wd rear axle with disc brakes and lsd fit a 3 door sierra without having to do any work?
? or is there any problems with attaching one because three door rear axles are impossible to find!!!!!!
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 04:06 PM
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their the same axle as far as im aware,


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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 04:13 PM
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there all the same as far as im aware except 4x4 rear beams not 100% sure on the 4x4 one tho , just as easy to get a cossie diff a 2nd hand set of cossie trailing arms , the beam its self is the same so no real need to pull it all off to swap it
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 04:15 PM
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rear arms are diffrent and the antirollbar

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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 04:30 PM
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rear arms are diffrent and the antirollbar

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+1 although if your handy with a grinder and welder nothing too terrible to adjust!
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 04:33 PM
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how are the arms different,?are the location points the same/


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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 05:01 PM
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3 dr arb mounts are in a different position, so the arb is wider as a reslut
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Old Dec 26, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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yes but it is running a standard sierra axle with drums and its the rear discs mainly that i am wanting to do the swap for because i myt aswell get the entire axle with diff and all if its no real hassle
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then it's as simple as swapping them over and seeing if you've got arb mounts in the chassis

you may be lucky but you'll probably end up needing to weld some in, fairly simple, one bolt hole and one slot
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